Month: April 2016

When I was in college, I got to go to Cuba. It was very cool, and I’ll brag about it any chance I get. Just ask me. Or don’t. I’ll probably find an excuse to bring it up. Anyway, this was in the early 2000’s (when it was actually a big deal to go to …

These people who live in our house with us are just all the fun and sweet and ridiculous right now. We are LOVING these ages- 2ish and 5ish. We’re almost officially out of the baby phase. No regrets, no remorse. We love the thems they are right now. They were cute and round as babies, and …

We just came home from a grownup trip to Puerto Rico, and we have immediate regrets about that. 1. Ugh. 2. The coffee is the worst on the mainland. 3. The people don’t smile as much at me, and they expect me to do thinks like work. And parent. 4. My money actually acts like …

I’ve been devouring the 2nd season of the Amazon Prime original series, ‘Catastrophe.’ It’s an absolute revelation. I’ve never heard dialogue more accurate to how real relationships actually sound…or, at least, my relationship. These characters in the central relationship, they, too, express their adoration with brutal honesty, sarcasm, and kind of mean teasing. It’s my …

I had the opportunity to see two empowerng pieces of art this weekend. They got me thinking. (A terrible past time/I know). We re-watched ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’ This time, in 3-d (this technologically must be getting better, right? I wanted to hurl none times while viewing) and this time, we watched it with …

Ah, heeeeell no. What. An. Asshole. She drove me all the way to the yoga studio….rather, the parking lot OUTSIDE the yoga studio. Then whined about not having enough quarters for the meter until she *unfortunately* was unable to find a parking spot close enough to the building that wouldn’t require she burn too many …

Lately, Anna is making herself into a pink everything. ‘I’M A PINK CAT.’ ‘I’M A PINK REINDEER.’ A few days ago she was a ‘PINK ZOMBIE’ and today, when she was talking about saving someone and I told her she was a hero, she said, ‘YES. I’M A PINK HERO.’ I know she’s only two. …

Sarah Zimmerman

Sarah is a writer and a Physician Assistant, mom of two, wife of one, and co-owner of a vegan ice cream business. She aims to keep laughing, finding the funny in the hard stuff of life.
She is the third place winner of the 2018 Mark Twain House Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest: https://marktwainhouse.org/royal-nonesuch